About Kanye West

Kanye West's years in the music industry have seen the Chicago-born rapper go from Jay Z's producer to a Grammy award-winning artist and Kim Kardashian's husband. Kanye, father to North West has topped the charts with his albums The College Dropout, Late Registration, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Watch The Throne and 2014's Yeezus. He has collaborated with Rihanna and Paul McCartney, on FourFiveSeconds, and producers he's teamed up with include Daft Punk and Benji B. Kanye's as famous for his music as he is his outbursts, following his famous rant when Taylor Swift beat Beyoncé to win a VMA in 2009. At the 2015 Grammys, he then launched into another tirade when Beck beat Beyoncé. His interviews on fashion, being a genius, inventing leather jogging bottoms and his family also provide great, memorable quotes. He was also forced to apologise after saying "George Bush doesn't care about black people" live on TV in 2005. On Twitter, the Bound 2 creator only follows his wife. Before dating Kim, Kanye was in a relationship with Amber Rose. Kanye's memorable tracks and music videos include New Slaves, Black Skinhead, Gold Digger, Hey Mama, Only One, Stronger and Can't Tell Me Nothing.